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Insidermedicine is a daily health and medical video news service created by a leading physicians. Our content library contains videos in many languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, on over 100 different diseases. Joining the likes of the Associated Press and Reuters, Insidermedicine's newstories are featured ...
Insidermedicine is a daily health and medical video news service created by a leading physicians. Our content library contains videos in many languages including English, Chinese, Spanish, on over 100 different diseases. Joining the likes of the Associated Press and Reuters, Insidermedicine's newstories are featured by Google News and The News Room. April 25, 2007 Patients with HIV who are treated with protease inhibitors have an increased risk of heart attack, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Combination antiretroviral therapy has had a dramatic effect in reducing illness and death associated with the HIV virus, however an earlier study showed that the risk of heart attacks increased by 17% with every year a patient spent on antiretroviral. It isn’t known, though, whether all antiretroviral drugs carry this risk. The assessment of the role of any specific drug is difficult because patients with HIV usually receive a combination of drugs, and often switch regimens because of the availability of newer substances, adverse events, or drug regimen failure. Previous studies have shown a relationship between the use of protease inhibitors, a class of antiretroviral drug, and cardiovascular disease, but there is little information on the risks associated with another class of antiretroviral therapy called nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. In this study, more than 23,000 patients infected with the HIV virus were assessed to determine the incidence of heart attack and the association between heart attack and exposure to protease inhibitors or nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. Confirming the earlier results, the researchers found the risk of having a heart attack increased by 16% per year of exposure to protease inhibitors alone, which is equal to twice the risk over five years. Not such effect was observed with nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors. It is thought that protease inhibitors raise the level of blood lipid, thereby increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart attack. Patients treated with protease inhibitors should have their cholesterol and blood pressure levels monitored, and take steps to reduce their lifestyle-related risk factors. This includes maintaining a healthy weight, eating a low-fat diet rich in fruits in vegetables, and getting regular exercise. Reporting for Insidermedicine, I'm Dr. Susan Sharma.
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Over-indulging can take many hours off a person's life
(December 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - Over-indulging in ...
(December 17, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Cambridge - Over-indulging in unhealthy lifestyle habits can add up to take significant time off of a person's life, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal. Using data from several population studies, researchers estimated how many hours that daily habits take or add to life expectancy. Every half-hour of life expectancy was termed a 'microlife.' Results showed that a microlife could be lost from: -Smoking just two cigarettes -Eating a burger -Having a second or third alcoholic drink a day -Watching two hours of TV In contrast, a microlife could be gained from: -Eating fresh fruits and vegetables -Sticking to just one drink a day -Taking statins -Exercising
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Even a few cigarettes a day raises a woman's risk of sudden cardiac death
(December 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From ...
(December 16, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From Alberta - Even moderate smoking can raise a woman's risk of sudden death, according to a report published in Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology. Researchers studied the incidence of sudden cardiac death among over 100,000 women taking part in a study that began in 1976. Participants were between 3-55 years old at the outset of the study. Results showed that: -Those who smoked one to 14 cigarettes a day had a nearly twofold increased risk of sudden cardiac death when compared to those who did not smoke. -Every additional 5 years spent smoking raised risk by 8% -Women who quit had an immediate reduction in their risk We spoke with study author Dr.Roopinder Sandhu, MD, MPH, who had this to say:" "Our data suggests there's a significant dose-response relationship between the quantity of cigarettes smoked daily and the risk of sudden cardiac death. So the more cigarettes smoked, the higher the risk of sudden cardiac death. But we found that even small to moderate quantities of daily smoking, defined as 1-14 cigarettes per day, were associated with almost a twofold increase in sudden cardiac death risk, compared to women who never smoked. We found a similar significant dose-response relationship with duration and risk of sudden cardiac death. And when you broke down duration into every 5 year increments, we found an 8% increased risk of sudden cardiac death. But importantly, women who quit smoking had a lower sudden cardiac death risk which continued to decrease over time, and was equivalent to that of a never-smoker in 20 years. In a secondary analysis, we also looked at whether the association between smoking and smoking cessation differs once heart disease becomes clinically manifest. And what we found is that women without a known history of heart disease had a more immediate reduction in their sudden cardiac death risk after quitting as compared to women with previously diagnosed heart disease (their risk reduction was more eventual). And what this tells us is that cigarette smoking is an important modifiable risk factor for sudden cardiac death among all women--with and without heart disease. So, cessation should not wait until you develop heart disease."
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Concussions have lasting impact on child's brain; Loneliness in later life linked to dementia
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From New ...
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine Week in Review) From New Mexico - Concussions have a lasting impact on children's brains, even after the symptoms subside, according to a report published in the Journal of Neurscience. Researchers conducted imaging tests on 15 children who had suffered a concussion in the previous 3 weeks and 15 children who had not suffered a concussion. Follow-up lasted 4 months post-injury. Initial imaging revealed that children who suffered a mild brain injury demonstrated small cognitive deficits as well as changes to the white matter of their brain. Follow-up testing revealed found the changes to the white matter had remained, even though the symptoms had disappeared. From the Netherlands - Loneliness in later life may raise risk of dementia, according to a report published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Researchers examined over 2,000 elderly people who were free of dementia at the outset of the study. Participants were followed for 3 years. They found those who felt lonely were over 2.5x more likely to develop dementia during the study period when compared to those who did not feel lonely. After taking into account other influential factors, those who reported feeling lonely were at 64% increased risk of the neurological condition.
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Heavy alcohol and marijuana use in adolescence may affect memory, learning in adulthood
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Pittsburgh - Heavy alcohol ...
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Pittsburgh - Heavy alcohol and marijuana use in adolescence can greatly affect cognitive abilities in adulthood, according to a report published in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Researchers followed nearly 100 adolescents for a year and a half, dividing participants into two groups: those who had extensive alcohol and marijuana use by mid-adolescence and those with minimal use or no use at all. Results of brain imaging showed that those who chronically used substances had much poorer white matter tissue. White matter is essential for cognitive abilities, such as memory, attention and decision-making.
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Breast cancer survivors are at raised risk of diabetes
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Toronto - A new ...
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Toronto - A new report published in Diabetologia finds that breast cancer survivors are at raised risk of diabetes. Researchers compared over 24,000 breast cancer survivors to over 124,000 controls, following participants for nearly 6 years. They found that women who survived breast cancer were at 7% increased risk of diabetes in the first 2 years after diagnosis, and a 21% increased risk after 10 years. Women who had received adjuvant chemotherapy, meanwhile, were at 24% increased risk in the first 2 years after diagnosis and 8% increased risk after 10 years.
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Farming greatly raises risk of multiple myeloma
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Ireland - A new ...
(December 14, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Ireland - A new report published the Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology identifies several major factors associated with multiple myeloma. Researchers studied 277 multiple myeloma patients and over 1100 matched controls. Participants were recruited from 22 centres across Europe from 1998-2004. Results showed that those at highest risk of the disease were farmers, cleaning workers, and telephone and radio operators.
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Using mobile phones while crossing the road could be dangerous
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Seattle - Nearly one ...
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From Seattle - Nearly one third of all pedestrians are distracted by their mobile phones while crossing the street, according to a report published in Injury Prevention. Researchers examined over 1000 pedestrians crossing the road at 20 different busy road junctions, taking note of distracting activities such as talking on the phone, text messaging, listening to music, talking, or crossing with children/pets. They found that 30% of the pedestrians were distracted with something else while crossing the road. It took these people much longer to cross the road than those who were not distracted. Those distracted by children or pets were the least likely to look both ways before crossing, and people who were texting took almost two extra seconds crossing the road than any one else.
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High blood pressure causes more deaths worldwide than other health risk factors
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - High blood ...
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From London - High blood pressure has the highest disease burden worldwide among all other risk factors, according to the 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study published today in the Lancet. Results of the latest report, conducted an international team of scientists, found that over 9 million people died worldwide in 2010 as a result of high blood pressure. Smoking was the second risk factor, accounting for over 6 million deaths worldwide, and alcohol was the third, accounting for over 3 million deaths. The risk factor that had the biggest increase since 1990 was BMI, accounting for 3 million deaths in 2010.
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Efforts to reduce heart disease and stroke are greatly inhibited by unhealthy lifestyles
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Efforts to ...
(December 13, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From California - Efforts to reduce stroke and heart disease are greatly impeded by unhealthy lifestyle habits such as poor eating and physical inactivity, according to a report published in Circulation. In 2010, the AHA aimed to reduce strokes and heart disease deaths among Americans by 20%. Researchers found that while several risk factors declined to meet this goal--such as smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure--there are still two major obstacles: obesity and diabetes. Results of statistical analysis revealed that: -Nearly 70% of American adults are overweight or obese, while 35% are obese -32% of children are overweight or obes -Nearly 1/3 of adults report taking part in no aerobic activity -Nearly 18% of girls and 10% of boys report taking part in less than one hour of erobic activity a week -14% of adults still have high cholesterol -African Americans have the highest prevalence of high blood pressure worldwide, at 44% -8% of adults have diabetes, 8% have undiagnosed diabetes and 38% have prediabetes.
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People with vision insurance more likely to get eyes checked, have better vision
(December 12, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From South Carolina - Having ...
(December 12, 2012 - Insidermedicine) From South Carolina - Having vision insurance is strongly associated with having more eye care visits and better vision, according to a report published in the Archives of Ophthalmology. Researchers surveyed nearly 30,000 US adults between 40 and 64 years of age. Over 11% of participants had glaucoma, AMD or cataract. Results showed that individuals who had vision insurance were 2x more likely to have eye care visits than those without insurance, and also reported much less vision problems.
